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| **Chaak** is the primary [[rain]] [[kuloob|God]] of the [[maya#lowland|lowland Maya]]. Like His [[Aztecs|Aztec]] counterpart [[Tlaloc]], Chaak's rain-God [[cultus|cult]] is ancient and is attested to at least the [[Olmec]] period, and likely earlier. He and Tlaloc share a common origin in [[Teotihuacan]] before they branched off into separate Deities in the [[rain Gods|rain]] [[god-complexes|god-complex]]. Because Chaak is a Deity of the Maya, His cultus pre-dates the named Aztec Tlaloc by hundreds of years. | **Chaak** is the primary [[rain]] [[kuloob|God]] of the [[maya#lowland|lowland Maya]]. Like His [[Aztecs|Aztec]] counterpart [[Tlaloc]], Chaak's rain-God [[cultus|cult]] is ancient and is attested to at least the [[Olmec]] period, and likely earlier. He and Tlaloc share a common origin in [[Teotihuacan]] before they branched off into separate Deities in the [[rain Gods|rain]] [[god-complexes|god-complex]]. Because Chaak is a Deity of the Maya, His cultus pre-dates the named Aztec Tlaloc by hundreds of years. |
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| Chaak's name derives from the Proto-Mayan word for "thunder." The Deity's name had become distinct from the words for "rain" or "thunder" used in common speech relatively early in the development of the language family. The first iconographic appearance of Chaak only dates to the Late Preclassic (approx. 350BC to 250AD), while the first logographic, or written evidence, comes from the Early Classic.[(https://www.reddit.com/r/Mayan/comments/10bxw8y/who_are_the_oldest_known_mayan_gods_i_know_chac/)] He is known as God B in the [[Schellhas Zimmermann Taube classification]] system. | Chaak's name derives from the Proto-Mayan word for "thunder." The Deity's name had become distinct from the words for "rain" or "thunder" used in common speech relatively early in the development of the language family. The first iconographic appearance of Chaak only dates to the Late Preclassic (approx. 350BC to 250AD), while the first logographic, or written evidence, comes from the Early Classic.[(//Who are the oldest known Mayan gods? I know Chac, K'awil and Itzamna go pretty far back//, https://www.reddit.com/r/Mayan/comments/10bxw8y/who_are_the_oldest_known_mayan_gods_i_know_chac/)] He is known as God B in the [[Schellhas Zimmermann Taube classification]] system. |
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| Unlike Tlaloc, Chaak's dwelling places are more subterranean: [[cenote|cenotes]], or limestone wells, caves, and the interiors of mountains. | Unlike Tlaloc, Chaak's dwelling places are more subterranean: [[cenote|cenotes]], or limestone wells, caves, and the interiors of mountains. |
| Chaak is a playable warrior in SMITE. | Chaak is a playable warrior in SMITE. |
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| {{tag>stub k'ulo'ob rain_gods creator_gods}} | {{tag>deities kuloob review }} |
